The Brady Eagles took a tough loss in their season opening rivalry game against Maxwell, but there were positives and things to build on. Also, the Lady Eagle volleyball team takes the court this week, and there’s plenty of experience back hoping for an encore of last year’s best season in program history. Check out all the latest information in this week’s Brady Eagle sports update!
Hamilton hits 35th in losing cause…Lincecum loses 14th
UNDATED (AP) – The Minnesota Twins surprised the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 6-5 to end a five-game losing streak. The Twins limped home from a 10-game road trip with a 2-8 mark.
Ben Revere had four hits and Cole De Vries won for the first time in nearly two months as the Twins avoided getting swept in the four-game series.
Josh Hamilton hit his 35th homer for Texas and drove in four runs, giving him a major league-leading 111 RBIs.
Also in the AL:
– Prince Fielder and Delmon Young homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth inning while helping Detroit to a 5-2 win and series victory over the visiting Los Angeles Angels. Max Scherzer gave up one run and struck out nine over seven innings while improving to 14-6.
– The East-leading Yankees picked up a series win in Cleveland with a 4-2 victory over the stumbling Indians. New York’s Curtis Granderson hit his 33rd homer of the season and 200th of his career. The Bronx Bombers extend their division lead over idle Tampa Bay to four games. Cleveland has lost nine of 10 and is 5-23 since July 26.
– The revamped Red Sox bounced back from a nine-player trade and a 12-inning loss to the Royals on Saturday night by beating Kansas City 8-6. James Loney went 1 for 5 with an RBI in his Boston debut. New teammate Pedro Ciriaco had three hits, scored twice and drove in two runs. The Red Sox win for just the fourth time in 12 games.
– Backup catcher Tyler Flowers hit a go-ahead homer just before the final downpour and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in a rain-shortened game for their sixth straight victory.
– The series finale between the Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays was postponed because of rain in Baltimore and will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Sept. 24. The playoff-hopeful O’s were seeking a three-game sweep against the sagging Blue Jays, who have lost seven straight.
In NL play:
-Atlanta bopped San Francisco 7-1 in the Sunday night game. Tim Hudson won his 13th game while Tim Lincecum lost his 14th. The win moves the Braves within four and a-half games of NL East-leading Washington. The Giants stay two back of the Dodgers in the West. Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman hit back-to-back homers in the ninth.
– The major league leaders’ losing streak has stretched to four games. Philadelphia’s winning streak grows to four with a 4-1 victory that completes a series sweep of the visiting Washington Nationals. Phillies lefty Cliff Lee tossed seven sharp innings to earn his first home win in nearly a year. Jimmy Rollins and Laynce Nix homered in support.
– Rob Brantly gave Miami the lead for good with his first major league home run, and the Marlins also got long balls from Giancarlo Stanton, Jose Reyes and Carlos Lee to beat the revamped Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2. New Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez went two-for-four with an RBI in his second game at Chavez Ravine.
– The St. Louis Cardinals beat Central Division leader Cincinnati 8-2 to keep hold of the second NL wild card. The Cardinals began the day a half-game better than the L.A. Dodgers. Redbirds left fielder Matt Holliday went 4 for 5 with four RBIs and first baseman Allen Craig went 3 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs.
– The Pirates fall two games behind St. Louis in the race for the NL’s second wild card after getting shutout 7-zip by the visiting Brewers. Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Gomez went deep for Milwaukee. Pittsburgh starter Erik Bedard suffered his major league-leading 14th loss.
– Ike Davis hit his second homer of the day with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the New York Mets past the Houston Astros 2-1.
– Edinson Volquez pitched seven effective innings and the San Diego Padres extended their winning streak to a season-high seven games with a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Scully will be in the booth again next season
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Vin Scully is sticking around another season to broadcast Los Angeles Dodgers games.
The 84-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster will return for a record 64th season in 2013. Scully will call all Dodgers home and road games in California and Arizona.
Scully says the team’s new ownership has revitalized him, along with the city, the team and the fans.
T.O. back in unemployment line…Bills eyeing QB Jackson
UNDATED (AP) – If Terrell Owens is going to make an NFL comeback it won’t be in Seattle. The 38-year-old wide receiver was cut by the Seahawks as NFL teams are reducing rosters from 90 to 75 players.
After sitting out last season, Owens signed a one-year deal with Seattle earlier this month, just days before the club’s first preseason game.
He played the second and third preseason games but caught only one pass.
Owens has started 201 of the 219 regular-season NFL games he’s played. He has 1,078 receptions for 15,934 yards. Owens’ 153 touchdowns are second most in league history.
Elsewhere around the NFL:
– The Buffalo Bills have tentatively agreed to acquire quarterback Tarvaris Jackson in a trade with the Seattle Seahawks. That could be bad news for the Bills current backup, Vince Young. Ryan Fitzpatrick is Buffalo’s starting QB. The Bills are averaging under 10 points a game during their 0-3 preseason.
– The Ravens have released 2010 Pro Bowl kicker Billy Cundiff, preferring to go into the season with Justin Tucker in that role. The rookie has made good on all five of the preseason field goal attempts, including two kicks from at least 50 yards. Cundiff went 1 for 6 from 50 yards and beyond last year.
– Texans coach Gary Kubiak says rookie kicker Randy Bullock will go on the season-ending injured reserve list after tearing a muscle near his groin. The fifth-round draft pick out of Texas A&M was competing with veteran Shayne Graham. Bullock was 3 for 4 on field goals and Graham has gone 5 for 5 in the preseason.
– The Colts may have plugged their biggest hole on defense by trading two undisclosed draft picks to Miami for cornerback Vontae Davis. Indy was desperately looking for a second cornerback to start opposite veteran Jerraud Powers.
Watney gets timely victory
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) – Nick Watney shot a 2-under-par 69 in the final round to win The Barclays by 3 shots over Brandt Snedecker, who got to 7-under with a 1-under 70. Watney salvages a dismal season with the victory that assures him a shot at the $10 million top prize at next month’s Tour Championship. It also puts him in the conversation as a captain’s pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
Watney began the final day of the first FedEx Cup playoff tournament in second place, two shots behind Sergio Garcia. But the Spaniard collapsed with a 4-over 75 and finished in a tie for third with Dustin Johnson, four shots off the pace. Johnson shot 68.
The top 100 in the standings move on to next week’s playoff tournament outside of Boston.
Ko earns a spot in the record books
COQUITLAM, British Columbia (AP) – U.S. Women’s Amateur titleholder Lydia Ko won the Canadian Open by three strokes to become the youngest champion in LPGA Tour history.
The 15-year-old South-Korea-born New Zealander brought a one-shot lead into final round play before carding a 5-under 67 that got her to minus-13 for the tournament.
Ko broke the age record of 16 set by Lexi Thompson last September and is the first amateur winner since JoAnne Carner in 1969.
Championship banner headed across the Pacific
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) – A team from Tokyo clobbered the club from Goodlettsville, Tenn., 12-2 in the championship game of the Little League World Series. The contest was halted in the fifth inning by the 10-run rule.
Noriatsu Osaka hit three homers and tripled, and Japan limited Tennessee’s potent lineup to two hits.
In the third-place game, Bradley Smith had three RBIs and Logan Douglas struck out six in five innings of relief to lift Petaluma, Calif., past a team from Panama, 12-4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 2
N.Y. Yankees 4, Cleveland 2
Boston 8, Kansas City 6
Toronto at Baltimore, ppd., rain
Chicago White Sox 4, Seattle 3, 7 innings
Minnesota 6, Texas 5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1
St. Louis 8, Cincinnati 2
Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 0
Philadelphia 4, Washington 1
Chicago Cubs 5, Colorado 0, 8 innings
Miami 6, L.A. Dodgers 2
San Diego 5, Arizona 4
Atlanta 7, San Francisco 1
On a rainy day on the North Side of Chicago, the Colorado Rockies ended their seven-game road trip in defeat. The Rockies were blanked by the Cubs 5-0 in a game shortened to eight innings due to the inclement weather. Cubs starter Chris Volstad hadn’t won in any of his last 24 starts, but the Rockies made him look like a Cy Young candidate, mustering just three hits against him and four on the afternoon. Rockies starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin took the hard-luck loss in his second start since coming off the DL, pitching five innings and allowing just one run while fanning three. The Rockies finish their seven-game trip with a 5-2 record. They’re back home tonight to open a six-game homestand against the new-look Los Angeles Dodgers. ESPN Radio 1410 has the call, with pregame coverage at 7:05 and the first pitch at 7:40.
Peyton Manning threw his first touchdown pass as a Denver Bronco, then added another for good measure in a 29-24 loss to the San Francisco Giants in preseason action at Sports Authority Field. Manning only played the first quarter but turned in his sharpest performance of the preseason by far, leading the Broncos to 17 points on his three drives. He connected on 10 of his 12 pass attempts for 122 yards and hooked up with Eric Decker on both scoring plays. Manning played turnover-free football for the first time in the preseason as well. The Broncos had a 24-10 lead at the half, but for the second straight week, the backups played poorly, getting outscored 19-0 in the second half. Denver wraps up their preseason schedule on Thursday night, traveling to Phoenix to take on the Arizona Cardinals.
The fourth-ranked Husker volleyball team made it a clean sweep of their opening weekend with a three-set victory over Notre Dame at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha on Sunday. The Huskers won a pair of matches at the NU Coliseum to start their season, sweeping St. Louis in three sets on Friday and then holding on for a thrilling five-set win over top-ranked defending national champion UCLA on Saturday. Sunday, in front of a crowd of over 7,000 in Omaha, they had another easy victory, beating the Irish 25-19, 25-21, and 25-13. Gina Mancuso’s 15 kills led the way for the Huskers on the day. Hannah Werth had 11 kills and a .500 hitting percentage with 13 digs, and Morgan Broekhuis added nine kills. The Huskers are in California this Saturday, taking on Colgate and UC-Irvine.
Lincoln – Nebraska placed a nation-leading nine players on the first-ever Senior Bowl watch list released Saturday afternoon.
The Huskers on the Senior Bowl watch list include Rex Burkhead, Will Compton, Ben Cotton, Sean Fisher, Brett Maher, Cameron Meredith, Kyler Reed, Daimon Stafford and Baker Steinkuhler. Nebraska joins Alabama and Georgia as the only schools with nine selections.
“The Senior Bowl is very pleased to announce our first-ever ‘official’ Watch List,” Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage said. “We want both college and pro football fans to enjoy tracking the players on our list as they begin their journey towards the Senior Bowl and the 2013 NFL Draft. We have included prospects from almost every level of the college game and look forward to monitoring their progress throughout the upcoming season.”
The watch list features 309 rising seniors for the 2012 football season from 114 different schools. The 2013 Senior Bowl is scheduled for Jan. 26, in Mobile, Ala.,
— Seamus McKnight, Nebraska Sports Information
Lincoln – Freshmen Jaylyn Odermann and Katie Kraeutner led the Nebraska soccer team (1-3-0) to its first win of the 2012 season on Sunday afternoon at the Nebraska Soccer Field with a 2-0 shutout of the New Mexico Lobos. Odermann notched both her first career goal and assist on the day, while Kraeutner added her first career goal.
On the box score it looked like an even game, but the Husker offense helped out its defense by keeping the ball in New Mexico territory for most of the afternoon. The Lobos were aggressive though when they crossed midfield with six shots on goal, but NU junior goalie Emma Stevens stopped every attempt to record her fourth career shutout.
Even though New Mexico got off 10 shots in the first half compared to four shots from Nebraska, the Lobos were unable to get on the board, as Stevens tallied four saves. The Huskers took a 1-0 lead into halftime on a the playmaking ability of Odermann and Kraeutner.
The Huskers broke the 0-0 tie at 38:34 when Odermann put a perfect pass into the box from nearly 40 yards out and Kraeutner timed her attack just right with a header for her first career goal.
Odermann then added a goal at the 55:15 mark in the second half on an assist from junior Stacy Bartels. With Bartels dribbling away from the goal, she slipped the ball to Odermann as she passed Bartels and the Lobos’ defender stayed with Bartels, leaving Odermann an open look from 15 yards away into the top right corner of the goal.
After playing its last three games in Lincoln, Nebraska hits the road next weekend for a pair of non-conference games. The Huskers first visit Waco, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 31, for a 7 p.m. with the Baylor Bears, before then traveling to Cincinnati, Ohio, for a Noon meeting with the Cincinnati Bearcats on Sunday, Sept. 2.
— Jeremy Foote, Nebraska Sports Information
New season, new seniors, same old St. Patrick’s Irish. A devastating defensive performance led the Irish to a 28-0 victory over Kimball in their season opener. St. Pat’s eased to the win with several new faces getting their first starting opportunities.
This round belongs to the Wildcats. Maxwell defeated Brady 28-16 in their rivalry matchup in Maxwell. That makes it two straight wins for the Wildcats and two out of three since the rivalry was renewed after a brief hiatus.
The Wallace Wildcats did not kindly welcome South Platte back to eight-man football. It was a total rout in Wallace as the Wildcats hammered the visitors 68-6. For one night at least, Wallace’s offense lived up to it’s high-powered potential and made for a fun night for the home crowd.
The Swedes jumped out in front early and held on late for a 17-12 victory at Ogallala. That makes it two straight wins for the Swedes over the Indians, following their quadruple-OT win in the playoffs last year. Though Gothenburg doesn’t have much returning experience this year, their new players appear to have settled in nicely.
Other scores of area interest:
Arthur County 49, Maywood 14
Overton 42, SMC 0
Paxton 56, Hayes Center 6
South Loup 32, Anselmo-Merna 12
Stuart 24, Sandhills/Thedford 6
The North Platte Bulldogs went down to defeat in their season opener, losing to Norfolk 27-6 at Bauer Field at Memorial Stadium. The visiting Panthers scored the games first 20 points in the first quarter, and North Platte cost themselves several scoring chances by committing seven turnovers. Despite being -5 in the turnover margin, however, North Platte came up with some good defense after the first quarter to stay in the ballgame.
Dylon Mlady threw for 108 yards and a touchdown and ran for 44 yards to pace the North Platte offensive attack. Levi Tomlinson had an interception to highlight the Bulldogs’ defensive effort.
The Bulldogs head to Lincoln to take on Pius X next Friday. The Thunderbolts lost their opener to Kearney, 27-14.
In the second quarter, Dylon Mlady hooked up with Luke Volz for the Bulldogs’ first touchdown to cut the Panther lead to 20-6. Click the link below to listen to the Play of the Game.
Saturday
BASEBALL
American League
Oakland at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 6:10 p.m.
National League
Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 12:05 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Houston at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 3:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.
NFL PRESEASON
Indianapolis at Washington, 3 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 7 p.m.
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR Sprint Cup, Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn., 6:30 p.m.
IndyCar, Grand Prix of Sonoma Qualifying, Sonoma, Calif., 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
BASEBALL
American League
L.A. Angels at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston, 12:35 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas, 2:05 p.m.
National League
Houston at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco, 7:05 p.m.
NFL PRESEASON
San Francisco at Denver, 3 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.
MOTORSPORTS
IndyCar, Grand Prix of Sonoma, Sonoma, Calif., 3:45 p.m.
OTHER EVENTS
Golf
PGA Tour, The Barclays, Farmingdale, N.Y.
LPGA Tour, CN Canadian Women’s Open,
Champions Tour, Boeing Classic, Snoqualmie, Wash.
European Tour, Johnnie Walker Championship, Gleneagles, Scotland
Web.com Tour, News Sentinel Open, Knoxville, Tenn.
Cycling
UCI ProTour, Vuelta a Espana, ninth stage, Barcelona
UCI ProTour, GP Ouest France, Plouay, France
Athletics
IAAF Diamond League, Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix, Birmingham, England
